George Abel Schreiner

Born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1875, George Abel Schreiner became a German-American journalist and war correspondent. He is best known for reporting during World War I for the Associated Press, drawing on direct experience in Central Europe and the Near East.

Schreiner also wrote books that carried that eyewitness perspective into longer form, including The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe and From Berlin to Bagdad: Behind the Scenes in the Near East. His work focused not just on battles, but on shortages, diplomacy, and the everyday realities of life during war.

He died in 1942, but his books still offer a valuable window into how one reporter saw a world in upheaval. For listeners interested in history, journalism, or personal accounts of World War I, his work has an immediate, on-the-ground feel.